We can protect ourselves on the Internet by following many procedures and being cautious. One thing to do is to not click on suspicious links in your email. This will keep you from going onto fraudulent websites. Also, don’t sign into your account of fake looking websites, as they can then steal your account info. When a program starts to download and you think it’s safe and a free game or unreasonably cheap, it is probably fake and can have virus’s and malware on it in the form of a Trojan virus. Finally, do not release any personal information on the internet.

As I signed on to my Facebook profile to see what new and interesting things have been posted to my wall, I became distracted by a link that said, "'This person' has become a fan of 'this group.'" The group name made me laugh and the fact that that certain person had joined it made me laugh even harder so I decided to check it out. As I scrolled down looking at the group, I noticed that another one of my facebook friends was a member of the group. Realizing that I haven't talked to that person in a while, I clicked their picture and proceeded to their page. Coming to the realization that I was becoming increasingly less and less productive, I quickly signed off and moved on to my youthvoices post. What was I going to write about? Then it came to me. Cyberstalking. I had recently read an article about how the cyberstalking case laws were enforced. There really are not set laws except for in a few states. What really determines a case is whether or not the victim was ever made to feel in danger or threatened. I was interested in this new crime because facebook is such an easy site for people to stalk on...it turns out that it's even easier than I thought.